An unidentified woman appears in a viral video asking viewers to support the Ukrainian protesters. / A Whisper To A Roar

by Shannon Rae Green, USATODAY

by Shannon Rae Green, USATODAY

An unidentified woman on the streets of Kiev appears in a viral video asking people to support the fight for Ukrainian freedom, as Ukraine erupts in even further violence Thursday.

Protesters are fighting against what they call a repressive Ukrainian government that is aligning itself with an authoritarian Russia instead of Europe.

The self-proclaimed Euromaidan protesters are holding out in Independence Square after the bloodiest days since the former Soviet republic won its freedom in 1991, and since more violence shattered a shaky truce between protesters and the Ukrainian government.

The viral video called I Am a Ukrainian was shot earlier this month, and posted to YouTube last week. It already has had more than 3 million views. Filmmaker Ben Moses encouraged the woman to appear in the video that he then shared. Moses wrote, produced and directed a film about democracy activism called A Whisper to A Roar,which features five countries, including Ukraine.

Moses met the woman when he spent a week in Kiev in December. She wanted to get a message to the West, but worried that her English was not good enough. She was also very afraid. "She's as smart as she is pretty," Moses commented. "She has such incredible eye contact with the camera." He felt she was the perfect person to share the message of the protesters to the world.

Moses shared that there are now plans to bring the woman to the USA on a speaking tour at colleges.